Perspective
Nov/071
It's not been the best of weeks in the Edmisten household. I've been sick all week. Nicki is also feeling kind of rough. Add to that the fact that we can't park in our own driveway right now. Apparently the ditches and culverts weren't installed properly in our neighborhood, so part of our front yard and driveway have been completely torn apart. Finding parking on our narrow street is definitely a pain and it'll be more than a week until we can park in our driveway again.
But God has definitely provided some perspective for me this week. I've talked to several people in our church family and in my personal life who definitely have bigger problems than I do. My little issues are piddley by comparison.
One marked area of growth that I've seen in my personal faith is the concern that I have for others. God has definitely grown my heart and my compassion, mostly because I've learned to focus on others instead of just being consumed with myself.
Do I wish my family felt better? Sure.
Do I wish my front yard wasn't a construction zone? Of course.
But God has blessed me with the opportunity to minister to people who have real problems and real pain in their lives. That helps me keep everything in my life in perspective.
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8:27 am on November 12th, 2007
God does work in mysterious ways. There is nothing like the problems of others to take your mind off of your own. What would this past week been like for me if I had not have been snapped out of my own world of woes and been thrust into helping my mother. I am always amazed at how God takes the reins and drives you into something unexpected. All I had to do is what he wanted of me.